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13-letter words containing o, u, t, e, r, n

  • small fortune — a large sum of money
  • soft currency — econ: fluctuating value
  • sound blaster — (hardware)   The best known family of sound cards for the IBM PC from Creative Labs.
  • south-eastern — South-eastern means in or from the south-east of a region or country.
  • south-western — South-western means in or from the south-west of a region or country.
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
  • southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
  • southern toad — a common toad, Bufo terrestris, of the southeastern U.S., having prominent knoblike crests on its head.
  • spiritousness — the state of being spiritous
  • spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
  • staminiferous — bearing or having a stamen or stamens.
  • stentoriously — stentorian.
  • stoloniferous — producing or bearing stolons.
  • strenuousness — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
  • string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
  • subgeneration — a generation within another generation
  • subgovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • subterraneous — existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
  • super-tension — the act of stretching or straining.
  • superdominant — submediant.
  • superfetation — the fertilization of an ovum in a female mammal already pregnant.
  • supernational — tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
  • superordinate — of higher degree in condition or rank.
  • superposition — the order in which sedimentary strata are superposed one above another.
  • superrational — beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
  • superreaction — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
  • superromantic — exceptionally romantic
  • surfer's knot — a tumorlike nodule below a surfer's knee or on the upper area of the foot, caused by pressure on the skin and tissue exerted by the surfboard.
  • teeing ground — tee2 (def 1a).
  • tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
  • thermocurrent — a thermoelectric current.
  • thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
  • through stone — perpend1 .
  • thundershower — a shower accompanied by thunder and lightning.
  • thunderstroke — a stroke of lightning accompanied by thunder.
  • tibeto-burman — a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan languages, including especially Tibetan and Burmese.
  • time-honoured — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
  • to the ground — completely; absolutely
  • torque wrench — a wrench having a dial or other indicator showing the amount of torque being applied.
  • touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
  • tour en l'air — a turn executed in the air.
  • trade council — a central council composed of local trade unions.
  • trade journal — periodical of a profession
  • treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
  • treasury note — a note or bill issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, receivable as legal tender for all debts except as otherwise expressly provided.
  • tremulousness — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
  • tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
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